Second Battle of Ypres/battle of St Julien 24 April - 5 May

Famous quotes containing the words april, ypres and/or battle:

    “Summer of man its sunlight and its flower,
    Spring-time of man all April in a face.”
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)

    “A good wif was ther ofbiside bathe,
    But she was somde, deef, and that was scathe.
    Of clooth makyng the hadde swich an haunt,
    She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)